"Congress has agreed to provide US$8 billion to fight coronavirus!" US president Donald Trump tweeted, as other governments contemplate packages.North American and European indices closed higher and the S&P 500 was up 4.2%, although Australasian markets were mixed yesterday.The Bank of Canada cut interest rates yesterday, in line with moves by Australia's and US' central banks this week.The go...Read More
Bill Sullivan, senior foreign counsel at Jakarta-based law firm Christian Teo & Partners and a senior adviser to Stephenson Harwood LLP, said the new challenge was in the form of increased uncertainty about the practical enforceability of a traditionally favoured security right of lenders, the Fiducia Charge.He said the Constitutional Court had recently ruled a creditor was not entitled to rep...Read More
Today is Thursday, March 5, 2020, and this is your daily gold market update. Let's look at the latest price of gold, value of the dollar, gold/silver ratio, Commitment of Traders data, and exchange-traded fund (ETF) prices to get a sense of how the yellow metal is faring today.Gold PriceThe price of one troy ounce of gold in U.S. dollars today is $1,664.45. It's up 1.69% from yesterday and up 29.2...Read More
Today is Thursday, March 5, 2020, and this is your daily energy stocks roundup. Today we're looking at the valuations of Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE: MGY), Centennial Resource Development (NASDAQ: CDEV), and Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure (NYSE: SOI).Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE: MGY)Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE: MGY) is a $1.797 billion company today with a one-year retu...Read More
I didn't buy it at first.My colleague, Jason Stutman, suggested that the recent market collapse cannot be entirely blamed on the coronavirus, but rather the fact that Wall Street saw Sanders winning the primaries and responded accordingly.Seemed a bit far-fetched to me.But something interesting happened following Super Tuesday.After Biden took the lead from Sanders, the market began to rebound.Is...Read More
Craig Hemke, TF MetalsThough we just wrote about this last week, Tuesday's "emergency" fed funds rate cut demands that we write this update. Why? Because the bond market action in the hours since foreshadows even more cuts later this month, and this will have direct implications for gold, silver, and the U.S. dollar.So let's begin with last week's link. If you missed it, that's OK. Here's your c...Read More
Dave Kranzler, Investement Research Dynamic's Mining Stock JournalA few of my subscribers asked me recently about the lethargic action in the miners lately given that the price of gold has started moving higher again. But it helps to step back and look at a longer time-frame. For the last 52 seeks, the HUI has significantly outperformed GLD. I also ran the comps for 6 months, 3 months and 1 mont...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold is fighting a battle. Momentum is slightly up, but needs to get above $1,654.30 swing line..Read More
Near zero bond yields globally will ensure that sharp corrections in gold will be used to invest for the short term as long as term. Guarded optimism in silver at the moment. One needs to remain on the sidelines till Monday. Clear picture of the spread of corona virus in USA and India will be known by end of next week. USA and India are two big consumers of goods and services. A big global slowd...Read More
Points that Investors& Executives of Small Mining Companies (Juniors) should consider.1-Small cap gold and base metal stocks differ in several ways from large cap metals and are best approached on a potential value basis. That would be what a company expects to have "in the ground" and/or what the company eventually expects to prove. Successful invest...Read More
The maiden Inferred resource estimate is discussed in this report. Gold Terra Resource Corp. (YGT:TSX.V) [which until February 2020 was known as TerraX Minerals] announced last November an overall maiden Inferred resource of 735,000 gold ounces (oz Au). Incremental Positive: The company announced an overall maiden Inferred resource of 735,000 oz Au at an average grade of 1.79 gpt Au. The global r...Read More
Great Panther Mining has earned an Outperform rating from Noble Capital Markets, while three other firms rate it a Buy. Great Panther Mining Ltd. (GPR:TSX; GPL:NYSE.American) has been a beehive of activity this year. On January 6, the company announced that it entered into a US$11.25 million gold dor? prepayment agreement with Samsung C&T U.K. Ltd.Samsung is advancing the funds for the delivery a...Read More
During turbulent times like these, markets can be melting downone day… and zooming higher the next. Gold may serve as a fantastic safe-havenasset one day… but get hammered by futures traders the next.The news cycle can be just as volatile. One report may show thecoronavirus is receding in China, while another may raise alarms about itsspread in other parts of the world.One poll may s...Read More
Deep-pocketed speculators miss the big turns -- but you don't have to Hedge fund managers are considered to be among the smartest people on Wall Street.Ironically, as a group, they're notorious for consistently being on the wrong side of major turns in the markets they trade. By contrast, a group of insiders called Commercials are generally on the right side of major market turns. With that in min...Read More
Craig Hemke, TF MetalsThough we just wrote about this last week, Tuesday's "emergency" fed funds rate cut demands that we write this update. Why? Because the bond market action in the hours since foreshadows even more cuts later this month, and this will have direct implications for gold, silver, and the U.S. dollar.So let's begin with last week's link. If you missed it, that's OK. Here's your c...Read More
Dave Kranzler, Investement Research Dynamic's Mining Stock JournalA few of my subscribers asked me recently about the lethargic action in the miners lately given that the price of gold has started moving higher again. But it helps to step back and look at a longer time-frame. For the last 52 seeks, the HUI has significantly outperformed GLD. I also ran the comps for 6 months, 3 months and 1 mont...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold is fighting a battle. Momentum is slightly up, but needs to get above $1,654.30 swing line..Read More
Near zero bond yields globally will ensure that sharp corrections in gold will be used to invest for the short term as long as term. Guarded optimism in silver at the moment. One needs to remain on the sidelines till Monday. Clear picture of the spread of corona virus in USA and India will be known by end of next week. USA and India are two big consumers of goods and services. A big global slowd...Read More
Though silver has not yet surged as much as gold has, it is likely that silver will make an especially strong move upward soon...by McAlinden Research via StreetwiseSummary: Amid the precious metals rally that was set off by the rapid spread of coronavirus and uncertainty around the ability to contain it, gold prices had ratcheted up to a seven-year high. While silver lagged the gains of gold, a n...Read More
Sharp decline in diamond trading amid fears coronavirus will lead to global slowdown. Midstream inventory losing value as manufacturers consider deeper discounts to raise liquidity. Polished prices falling due to China shutdown, with 1 ct. RAPI -1.6% in Feb. De Beers allows deferral of Chinese goods as sales -28% to $355M at Feb. sight. De Beers to customize sightholder supply for dealers, manufac...Read More